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Volume 7
Journal of Pain & Relief
ISSN: 2167-0846
Pain Management 2018
October 11-12, 2018
October 11-12, 2018 | Zurich, Switzerland
7
th
International Conference and Exhibition on
Pain Research and Management
Self-care remedies used to relieve dental pain among Sudanese in Khartoum State, Sudan: A cross-
sectional study
Bassam Maged Ahmed
International University of Africa, Sudan
Aim
: This study aimed to identify self-care remedies used to relieve dental pain among Sudanese in Khartoum state, 2016-
2017, with assessment of related concerns such as predisposing reasons, and consequences associated with this usage.
Methods & Tools
: The appropriate sample was obtained by non-probability purposive sampling technique. The data were
collected by investigator-handled community-based questionnaire and all statistical analysis was done using IBM statistical
package of social science (SPSS) statistics version 22.
Results
: The study included 384 participants (75.5% male, and 24.5% female). Age of the participants started from 18 years old
with most of the respondents aged between third to fifth decades of life. The most frequently used remedy was cloves (33.8%)
alongside with a wide variety of other remedies. The potentiating factors for this usage included personal preference (47.4%),
self-apprehension (23.7%), high costs and lack of dental health services (22.4% and 5.2% respectively) and combination of
some reasons. Although a number of complications were associated with those remedies such as pain (7.5%), burning sensation
(4.2%), irritation (2.3%), discoloration (2.1%), bad smell (1.3%), 73.2% of participants stated that they would encourage other
people to use those self-care remedies. This suggests a low level of awareness about the risk of oral health problems among the
study population.
Conclusion
: Cloves is the most commonly used self-care remedy by the participants. Personal preference, among others, is the
most predisposing motive for this usage. Upgrading awareness about risk of oral health problems, expanding health insurance
services to include dental health care services, and demonstration of rational use of over-the-counter medicaments is needed.
sam.mashraqi2@gmail.comJ Pain Relief 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0846-C1-021